Found 123 article(s) for author 'Martin Feldstein'

Behind the Scenes with Harvard’s Martin Feldstein. Martin Feldstein, February 27, 2019, Audio, “Bloomberg Surveillance’s Tom Keene sits down with Harvard University George F. Baker Professor of Economics Martin Feldstein to discuss his work in Washington with President Reagan, the importance of introductory economics courses, and his time as an undergraduate at Harvard University.” Link

Will the US Capitulate to China? Martin Feldstein, February 25, 2019, Opinion, “The most important problem that a bilateral deal between the United States and China needs to resolve is Chinese theft of US firms’ technology. Unless the Chinese agree to stop stealing technology, and the two sides devise a way to enforce that agreement, the US will not have achieved anything useful from Trump’s tariffs.” Link

Economic Strategy for Higher Wages and Expanded Labor Participation. Jason Furman, Martin Feldstein, 2019, Paper, “We propose two alternative policy options for promoting increased earnings and employment of low-income households: expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) among childless workers, and implementing a wage subsidy for low-income workers that would be administered through employers. The EITC is based on household income and administered as a tax credit, while the subsidy based on hourly wages would require no filing or administrative effort by workers. We compare and contrast the costs and benefits of these two approaches to raising wages. Our two policy options are meant as part of a response to the sluggish income growth at the bottom of the distribution over the past several decades.” Link

There Is No Sino-American Trade War. Martin Feldstein, January 29, 2019, Opinion, “Chinese negotiators recently offered to buy enough American products to reduce the bilateral trade deficit to zero by 2024. Why, then, have US negotiators rejected that as a way to end the dispute?” Link

Why Is the Fed Still Raising Interest Rates? Martin Feldstein, December 27, 2018, Opinion, “Given that the US Federal Reserve has long said that its interest-rate policy is “data dependent,” why has it pressed ahead with monetary tightening in the face of worsening economic indicators? Three reasons stand out.” Link

Tariffs Should Target Chinese Lawlessness, Not the Trade Deficit. Martin Feldstein, December 27, 2018, Opinion, “Made in China 2025 is Beijing’s plan to dominate global markets in a wide range of high-tech products. China’s strategy is to give large government subsidies to state-owned companies and supplement their research with technology stolen from American and other Western companies. This theft includes using the internet to invade the computers of foreign firms and forbidding companies to do business in China unless they share their technology with Chinese firms.” Link

Stock market dive is a vicious cycle. Martin Feldstein, December 10, 2018, Video, “The U.S. economy may be booming right now, but it’s “very fragile,” according to famed Harvard professor Martin Feldstein. “Over the next two years there’s a better-than-even chance that we’ll see a downturn,” he said on FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria. ” Link

How to Save Social Security Systems. Martin Feldstein, November 28, 2018, Opinion, “Providing benefits to support a comfortable standard of living for retirees with just a modest rate of tax on the working population depends on there being a small number of pensioners relative to the number of taxpayers. That is no longer the case.” Link

Famed Harvard economist warns of Brexit spillover from clash. Martin Feldstein, November 15, 2018, Video, “The resignations of some members of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government Opens a New Window. and calls Thursday for a no-confidence vote over a proposed Brexit deal hammered the British pound and European stock markets.” Link

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